Letter·34 CDF art. 168-4·19 November 1948

Letter from Schaeffer to J. Lapierre announcing postponement of the season for lack of fundsClaude Frédéric-Armand Schaeffer

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Typed in French. Every line is transcribed and translated, and the English sits beside the scan.

Scan 2 of letter 34 CDF art. 168-4 (Letter from Schaeffer to J. Lapierre announcing postponement of the season for lack of funds), typed in French. The transcription and translation follow.

Scan: Collège de France, Paris, 34 CDF art. 168-4, CC BY-NC-ND 4.0.

Unnumbered pageScan 2 of 2

Bank at Famagusta. I forgot to say that from the remainder of my credit for 1948, I shall also have to pay for the publication of the rap orts of the excavations of 1946 and 1947, which predate the conclusion of the agreement dep the Franco-English mission.

Please believe, dear Mr Consul, in my distinguished sentiments and my best regards.

Show-through, mirrored and upside down, not transcribed: faint typed address block "Monsieur J. Lapierre / Consul de France / Larnaca (Chypre) / 19 novembre 1948" and body text of the letter

Handwritten: handwritten lines at foot of page, rotated and largely illegible; the last line appears to be a signature "C. Schaeffer" or similar

65 figures hard to readstruck struck outadded written in above” jug ditto, and what it repeatsword reading not certain

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